Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she still has not seen evidence that Moscow tried to help elect Trump.

USA federal prosecutors accused Butina this week of being a covert Russian agent and working to infiltrate US political organizations, including the National Rifle Association, before and after Donald Trump's election as president.

Russian Federation has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. "I have President Putin". He just said it's not Russian Federation.

"If he had asked me how that ought to be conducted, I would have suggested a different way", Coats said. He repeatedly tweeted about the meeting's coverage in the days after, calling the media "the enemy of the people".

The mainstream media's recent ambush on Trump was credited to his remark earlier this week about Russian Federation meddling in US elections. "But the route to walking back the press conference was never going to run through something as simple as a double negative and an apostrophe".

There was also the fact that he said both countries were to blame for the deterioration in US-Russia relations and the fact that he failed to publicly condemn President Putin while standing alongside him.

Taking a complete U-turn on election meddling, Trump on Wednesday blamed Putin for Moscow's alleged attempts in interfering in the 2016 election.

North Korea, Eritrea have highest rates of modern slaveryOther countries with the highest rates of slavery were the Central African Republic, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Pakistan. However, the report notes that these countries are also those whose governments are doing most to tackle the problem.

British Open: Jordan Spieth stands on brink of Open repeatBirdies on the fourth and sixth provided a solid platform, before a run of three more on nine, 10 and 11 put him into contention. Now ranked 71st in the world after starting the year in 650th, Woods has not won a major since the 2008 US Open.

And he seemed to endorse a plan Putin proposed that would allow special counsel Robert Mueller's team to work with Russian investigators to question 12 Russians indicted last week in the investigation into Russian election meddling. In exchange, he said, Russian authorities could interview several Americans the Kremlin accuses of unspecified crimes.

Moscow is open to a possible visit by Vladimir Putin to Washington after a surprise invitation from Donald Trump, Russia's USA envoy has said.

He's visited the United States before.

Finally, as our week wound down, we learned (at the same time most of Trump's closest advisors did) that Trump had invited Putin to the White House this autumn.

The video clip as also posted by blackballed Hollywood actor James Woods, who has received much backlash for his support of Trump and conservative views. He was angry at the two American reporters, including one from The Associated Press, who asked questions at the Helsinki news conference. "Now, since Donald won't release his tax returns and don't hold your breath, we don't know the full extent of his business relationships, but what we know is disturbing".

He clarified it a day later, claiming he should have said he didn't see any reason why it "wouldn't" be Russian Federation that meddled. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, a staunch Trump supporter, said Trump's comments were "the most serious mistake of his presidency... and must be corrected - immediately". Told that Sanders had since clarified, she responded: "There's a walk-back of the walk-back of the walk-back of the walk-back?"

Trump was more than glad to turn the tables on his former Democratic rival for the White House.

A White House spokesperson, Lindsay Walters, wanted to make clear that the president "respects the independence of the Fed". "Tightening now hurts all that we have done", Trump tweeted. During the Monday press conference, he alleged that Bill Browder, an investor and Putin critic accused of financial crimes in Russian Federation, contributed $400 million to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

The notion of a $400 million donation to the Democrat's campaign would be out of the question.

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One in particular features Trump and Cohen discussing an affair that Trump had back in 2006 with ex-playmate Karen McDougal . But he said no money was actually ever transferred, and the recording itself amounted to "powerful exculpatory evidence".

He warned, "There is not a lot of justification for the European Union running the risk of weakening the single market". But it could be hard to muster support for such a move, with Tory and Labour MPs alike outspoken against the idea.

Tiger Woods was on the range, preparing to tee off on the weekend at the British Open for the first time since 2014 at Hoylake. Johnson and Kisner are staying in a house of seven players - five of them major champions - and share the lead at 6-under 136.

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One question that seemed natural following the week was whose advice, if anyone's, was Trump taking in handling this episode. Trump's anger over having to answer Lemire's question - not his failure in attempting to do so - lingered on.

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